The Vječna vatra (Eternal Fire) is a flame burning in an octagonal enclosure on Ferhadija Street in the centre of Sarajevo, lit on 6 April 1946 — the first anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi occupation. It has burned continuously since, a memorial to the victims of World War II and the Partisan resistance.
During the 1992–1995 siege, keeping the flame burning became a symbolic act of resistance and continuity. Gas supplies were disrupted repeatedly but the fire was never allowed to go out. Today it is a quieter and less visited memorial than the Latin Bridge or the war tunnel, but its setting — in the everyday pedestrian flow of Ferhadija Street — gives it an unassuming power. Most people walk past without stopping; those who do stop tend to stay longer than they expected.